House Republican introduced several bills today aimed at increasing regulation of social media companies. One of the bills, sponsored by Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Cathy McMorris-Rogers (R-WA), would curtail Section 230 protections from certain large technology companies. Director of CEI’s Center for Technology and Innovation Jessica Melugin said: “Decades of leftist dominance in schools, entertainment and … Continue reading House GOP tech bills kill innovation and usher in socialism
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and 24 other senators sent a letter this week to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra opposing the Biden administration's attempt to eliminate a 2019 Trump-era rule that blocked combined payments for abortion coverage in taxpayer-funded Obamacare exchange plans. The senators wrote in objection to the proposed rule, … Continue reading Biden to turn Obamacare into taxpayer funded abortion scheme
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) this week introduced the Anti-BDS Labeling Act to prohibit the Biden administration from reversing current guidelines that require Israeli goods produced in areas … Continue reading Biden imposing anti-Semitic product labels
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) has put forth an alternative to the “bipartisan infrastructure bill.” Lee’s amendment #2255 is a combination of the Transportation Empowerment Act, the UNSHACKLE Act, and the Davis-Bacon Repeal Act. The amendment would reduce the federal gas tax by more than eleven cents per gallon, return the national Highway Trust Fund to solvency, speed-up and simplify burdensome … Continue reading Amendment cuts federal gas tax and repeal regulations
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a nominations hearing. The hearing featured testimony from Dr. Geraldine Richmond, nominee to be under secretary for Science at the Department of Energy; Ms. Cynthia Weiner Stachelberg, nominee to be assistant secretary for … Continue reading More Biden ecoscocialists nominee exposed in hearing
U.S. Senator Steve Daines reintroduced the “Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act” to protect much needed and collaboratively-developed forest management projects that reduce the risk of wildfire in our National Forests from court room obstructionists. “Commonsense forest management projects are too often tied up in lengthy and expensive court room battles by the same fringe environmental groups whose goal is to obstruct these projects, not follow … Continue reading This smart management bill would reduce environmentalist-sparked wildfires
Union boss Randi Weingarten said in a recent interview that she would ‘try’ to reopen schools fully in the fall for in-person learning. Republicans aren’t just trying to reopen schools – we’re actually doing it. The Biden administration took a victory lap in May for hitting its walked-back goal of reopening fifty percent of schools for in-person … Continue reading Biden tries to snatch credit for red state school openings
Congresswoman Lisa McClain (R-MI) requested Inspector General Horowitz, at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), investigate why the DOJ decided to forgo an investigation of the State of Michigan’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s decision to place patients infected with COVID-19 into long-term care facilities. Reps. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) and Tim … Continue reading Biden DOJ refused to investigate Michigan governor for nursing home deaths
A University of California Irvine lab assistant has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the university and the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) union, a Communications Workers of America (CWA) affiliate. The case, filed with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, challenges the university’s illegal seizure of … Continue reading Lab Assistant Sues California over Policy Allowing Govt Union Bosses to Seize Dues
The National Association for Gun Rights is urging Republican House Speaker Clay Schexnayder to remove anti-gun Democrat Ted James as Chairman of the House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee. “With Republicans holding large majorities in the Louisiana House of Representatives, there’s no excuse for Speaker Schexnayder to keep an anti-gun Democrat like Ted James chair … Continue reading NAGR Calls on Speaker to Strip Democrat of Committee Chairmanship
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